Detroit public schools offering $15K pay incentive for Exceptional Student Education teachers
Elizabeth Ruiz
and last updated 2021-05-24 07:21:24-04
DETROIT (WXYZ) â The Detroit Public Schools Community District is offering a reoccurring pay incentive of $15,000 for select Exceptional Student Education teachers, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.
The district said the bonus aims to fill the remaining teacher vacancies in DPSCD, which have steadily declined from nearly 300 in fall 2017 to 38 this spring.
Of the vacancies in the district, 80% are in ESE positions.
The following current district employed teachers and those who would be newly recruited and hold active endorsement will be eligible:
School board says Detroit public school teachers, students can return to the classroom Monday
In-person learning to resume in Detroit
and last updated 2021-05-19 21:50:14-04
DETROIT (WXYZ) â The Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education has voted unanimously to allow teachers and students to return to the classroom starting Monday.
Parents can still continue to have their children learn remotely and teachers can also decline to return to the classroom and continue with their virtual lessons.
It s unclear how many teachers plan to return to their classrooms.
The safety protocols that will remain in place include masks and social distancing.
Labor and Economic Opportunity - To honor their exemplary volunteer service in Michigan, Governor Rick Snyder presented the Governor s Service Awards to individuals, organizations, and a business at an awards ceremony on July 23, 2013.
Jon Dean is the new GPPSS superintendent
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FARMS Jon Dean, deputy superintendent for the Grosse Pointe Public School System, was appointed superintendent at a special board meeting held May 12 at Brownell Middle School in Grosse Pointe Farms.
The school board voted 4-3 to name Dean superintendent.
Board President Joseph Herd, Vice President Margaret Weertz, Secretary Christopher Lee and Treasurer Colleen Worden voted in favor of appointing Dean.
Trustees Lisa Papas, David Brumbaugh and Ahmed Ismail voted against the measure. Papas and Brumbaugh were in favor of selecting the second finalist, Stephen Bigelow, current Bay City Public Schools superintendent, but the vote on that motion failed 5-2.
School board prepares to appoint new superintendent
Grosse Pointe Public School System Superintendent Gary Niehaus announced his retirement during a Sept. 14 board meeting held in a virtual format.
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GROSSE POINTES The Grosse Pointe Public School System Board of Education is on its way to naming a new superintendent.
The school board plans to appoint the district’s new top administrator May 12 after conducting final interviews May 11-12.
On April 28, the school board had narrowed the field of candidates down to two: Jon Dean, deputy superintendent for GPPSS, and Stephen Bigelow, Bay City Public Schools superintendent. School officials provided background information on both candidates on the district’s website at www.gpschools.org.